pardon – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to pardon
Participle: pardoned
Gerund: pardoning

Cognates

-

Indicative

Subjunctive

Conditional

Imperative

you	pardon
we	Let's pardon
you	pardon

Indicative

Conditional

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

declare or find not guilty

absolve, acquit, disculpate, exculpate, exonerate, remit, vindicate

absolve

exonerate, acquit, exculpate, clear, condone, excuse, forgive, overlook

Antonyms

absolve

convict, condemn, charge, blame

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. c.1290, "papal indulgence," from O.Fr. pardonner "to grant, forgive," from V.L. *perdonare "to give wholeheartedly, to remit," from L. per- "through, thoroughly" + donare "give, present." Meaning "passing over an offense without punishment is from c.1300; strictly legal sense is from 1328, in Anglo-Fr. Weaker sense of "excuse for a minor fault" is attested from 1548. The verb is first recorded c.1430.

" 'I grant you pardon,' said Louis XV to Charolais, who, to divert himself, had just killed a man; 'but I also pardon whoever will kill you.' " [de Sade]

Pardon my French as exclamation of apology for obscene language is from 1895. A pardoner (1362) was a man licensed to sell papal pardons or indulgences.
2. From Middle English pardonen, from Old French pardoner (modern French pardonner), from Late Latin perdōnāre, from per- + dōnāre, possibly a calque (if not vice-versa) of a Germanic word represented by Frankish *firgeban (“to forgive, give up completely”), from *fir- + *geban. Akin to Old High German fargeban, firgeban (“to forgive”), Old English forġiefan (“to forgive”). More at forgive. See: Old French 'pardoner', French 'pardonner', Old High German 'fargeban'.

Verbs referencing "pardon"

Ido pardonar.

Sample Sentences